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While it may be a long shot, several Illinois counties may join Indiana if a special commission rules in favor of addition.
With final approval by the Indiana House Thursday, the Indiana-Illinois border bill passed both chambers of the Indiana legislature and heads to Gov. Mike Braun’s desk for signature into law.
INDIANAPOLIS — On May 1, Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signed a new law creating the Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission. The goal of the commission is to explore taking counties from Illinois ...
“To all of our neighbors in the West, we hear your frustrations and invite you to join us in low-cost, low-tax Indiana,” Indiana's House Speaker, Rep. Todd Huston (R) said. "Instead of ...
Discussions concerning the farcical notion that Indiana might someday absorb 33 non-contiguous Illinois counties whose voters have expressed interest in establishing their own state are set to ...
Indiana is taking a first step toward a rather unlikely effort to amend its border and acquire parts of Illinois, as Illinois officials remain reluctant to approve the measure.
Indiana’s Senate has passed a bill to create the “Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission” to redraw state lines and absorb 33 rural Illinois counties that want to split f… ...
A bill aiming to explore the possibility of a land exchange between Illinois and Indiana took a step closer to reality in the Indiana legislature.
The Indiana-Illinois border bill was passed out of the Senate Tuesday with Democratic Senators calling the bill a “political stunt” and “a waste of time.” ...
While Gov. Mike Braun may sign the bill into law, the process of annexing the counties into Indiana will face a difficult road.
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Gov. Mike Braun signed House Enrolled Act 1008 into law on May 1. Here's how the Indiana-Illinois boundary adjustment commission will work.